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To OpenWings: Elly knows it’s not a compliment, that’s why she says it’s insulting.
As for Ted being full of wit, I could think of another rhyming word to substitute but can’t say here because of the bleep factor.
Yes, John should say something or risk embarrassment by having Elly have to say something on her own defense to his best buddy. He’s been married long enough to know better.

Hope John begins to evolve soon. He’s acting more like a jerk than I remember. And Ted is a creep. Unfortunately, there are too many guys like that around. Can you say Arrested Development? They never get out of early adolescence.

John is not the culprit in this particular strip, Ted is, if that’s Ted, I sure hate to think there are two guys as stupid and asinine as that. John has not been given the chance to respond. I hope tomorrow he puts this gakhead loser in his place. What a jerk. Go home to mommy, Ted!

Why doesn’t Elly tell him where he can stick it, instead of just having thought bubbles about it? She seems to bristle at sexism internally, but she isn’t confrontational about it to the jerks that perpetuate it. She shouldn’t let them get away with saying things like that without putting them in their place.

About For Better or For Worse

Since its debut in 1979, For Better or For Worse has touched comic strip readers as few cartoons ever do. Cartoonist Lynn Johnston’s eye for detail and her uncanny sense of what real parents and children struggle with daily are a big part of her success. The world has watched the Patterson family grow up in real time, and to many readers, the Pattersons feel like family!

Parents and children alike will relate to the obstacles that the Patterson family faces. Curfews, parent date nights, babysitting, pets and distractions are all hurdles that the Pattersons must overcome in order to enjoy each other as a family. They face the same obstacles that real life families do, which is what makes them so loveable.